Paris Cleveland Gardner Papers, 1834-1976 1920-1951 (bulk).

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Paris Cleveland Gardner Papers, 1834-1976 1920-1951 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17368382

Correspondence, legal papers, case files, printed matter, clippings, and other papers, chiefly 1920-1951. Although there is some material relating to Gardner's personal affairs and to national, state, and local Democratic politics, particularly in Cleveland County, the bulk of the papers consist of Federal Trade Commission Files relating principally to deceptive radio and newpaper advertising, including an investigation into the American Tobacco Company. Also included are materials relating to Gardner's defense of a member of the I.W.W. and papers relating to the Humphries family. Correspondents include Richard Fountain, O. Max Gardner, and Robert R. Reynolds.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6922633

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Humphries family.

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Reynolds, Robert Rice, 1884-1963

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Gardner, Paris Cleveland, 1887-1974.

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Lawyer and politician of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., and staff attorney for the U.s. Federal Trade Commission. From the description of Paris Cleveland Gardner Papers, 1834-1976 1920-1951 (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17368382 1887 Jan. 7 Born, Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. 1916 LL.B., University of North Carolina....

Gardner, Oliver Max, 1882-1947

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Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947), lawyer of Shelby, N.C., and Washington, D.C.; state senator, 1910-1915, lieutenant governor, 1916-1920, and governor, 1929-1933, of North Carolina. He married Fay Webb (1885-1969), who was active in the Democratic Party and in women's organizations. From the description of Oliver Max Gardner papers, 1892-1966. WorldCat record id: 26319533 Democrat Oliver Max Gardner, Sr. (1882-1947) was a legislator, lieutenant governor (1916) and governor of ...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

United States. Federal Trade Commission.

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American Tobacco Company

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Fountain, R. T. (Richard Tillman), 1885-1945

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Richard Tillman Fountain was born in Edgecombe County, N.C., on February 15, 1885. Fountain was admitted to the N.C. Bar and began a practice in Rocky Mount in 1907. In 1918 Fountain was elected to the State Legislature where he served five unopposed terms and was named speaker in 1927. From 1929 to 1933 he served as lieutenant governor. As a candidate for governor of N.C. in the 1932 Democratic primary, Fountain was defeated in a runoff election. Fountain died on February 21, 1945. ...

Democratic Party (N.C.)

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During the 1960 election, the North Carolina Democratic Party was led by Bert L. Bennett, state executive committee chairman, and operated out of headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. Democratic candidates for whom the state party campaigned in 1960 included John F. Kennedy for President of the United States and Terry Sandford for Governor of North Carolina. From the guide to the Democratic Party Campaign Headquarters Records, ., 1960, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. S...